Veteran Manama zari trader passes away
TDT | Manama
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Mohammed Saleh Al Zari, one of Bahrain’s best-known sellers and tailors of ‘zari’ robes, died yesterday after a working life of more than 75 years in one of the kingdom’s oldest dress trades.
His death leaves Manama Souq without one of its most familiar old hands.
For decades, his name was bound to the making and sale of Bahraini and Gulf dress through a long-running family shop passed down from his father, Haji Saleh Al Zari, who first worked in Souq Al Saffarin before moving to Bab Al Bahrain Avenue.
Mohammed Saleh Al Zari worked from Bab Al Bahrain Street from 1979 until 2004, when he moved to his shop in Yateem Centre, where he remained a well-known face among shoppers looking for old-style clothing and embroidery.
The family trade goes back to 1950, and Al Zari’s name stayed close to the look and making of traditional Bahraini and Gulf wear through those years.
He helped keep the art of zari in view in both the souq and the wider public.
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